WTA awards for Serena Williams and Sonia Halep Serena Williams has been named as the WTA Player of the Year for the fifth time whilst Sonia Halep won the Most Improved Player award. The American, the oldest world No 1 in history at 32, enjoyed one of the greatest seasons on record. She won 78 of her 8...

Pakistan tight win over South AfricaPakistan held on for a close six-run win in the second Twenty20 on Friday to end a six-game losing streak to South Africa in limited-overs games. Shahid Afridi’s 3-28 backed up earlier half-centuries by Umar Akmal and captain Mohammad Hafeez as Pakistan suc...

Sharapova appoints Groeneveld as coachFour-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova has hired Sven Groeneveld as her new coach for the 2014 season. The Russian world number four made the announcement on her Facebook page on Thursday after being without a coach since parting ways with Jimmy Conn...

Pakistan beat South Africa by six runs in second T20 international to level series at 1-1Pakistan sealed a thrilling six-run victory to level the second and final Twenty20 international against South Africa at Newlands on Friday. With the hosts needing 17 runs to win off the final over, chasing Pakistan's 176-4, fast bowler Sohail Tanveer kept ...